Is it fair for an often parodized brand to ask an individual for $1000 because he made $150 online selling a parody t-shirt?

Q:"Is it fair for the brand to propose the trademark infringer a $1000 settlement?" A: In a word, YES. In fact that is pretty low for trademark or...

Starting a Business/company

Another tee-shirt company! Using NFL logos. Forget getting permission, you have to be an established company doing several million dollars in...

Copyright infringement possibility?

You want to have a game with "frozen" in the title that uses stock photos of "FROZEN" characters and with a copycat theme to the popular Disney...

I wish to start a fan site for an NFL team would this violate the NFL licensing if it was content based, no merchandise sold?

Well, that sounds like a dangerous business model. Your use of the team name will get you in trouble since that is owned by the NFL not you. Being...

Selected as the best answer

Do you actually think use as a servicemark for a real estate brokerage firm is not commercial? Sorry, but that argument is as full of holes as the...

I have a board game that I created, I want to do a provisional first but I also want to protect the art as well, what do I do?

You get a copyright automatically to the extent you have original creative material fixed in any tangible medium of expression, such as perhaps...

I have a press photo that was given to me in 1971 of a famous stunt person. Can I copy and sell the photo on Ebay?

Not hardly. That would most likely violate copyright of the photographer and publicity rights of the "famous stunt person". When you were given the...

I want to set up a blog and use the domain name "Fifty Shades of a Dom". Am I infringing upon copyright laws?

Not, copyright laws, trademark laws. Sorry to sound harsh, but you are here for a reality check I think and want the truth not some sugar...

Trademark Infringement alleged Declaratory Judgment. An owner of federally registered trademark took down my facebook page

Probably, but that is not nearly enough by itself to know if there is a justiciable controversy. You need to consider a DMCA Counternotice...

Creative Commons

NO, you can't. You would violate publicity rights if you use people's pictures for commercial or promotional purposes without permission, unless...